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Bernardo Leighton Guzmán (August 16, 1909, Negrete, Bío Bío Province – January 26, 1995, Santiago) was a Chilean Christian Democratic Party politician and lawyer. He served as minister of state under three presidents over a 36-year career.
On 6 October 1975, an assassination attempt in Rome, Italy, was carried out against Bernardo Leighton, a former Chilean Christian Democratic vice-president, then in exile. The assassination attempt seriously injured Bernardo Leighton, and his wife, Anita Fresno, leaving her permanently disabled.
Bernardo Leighton Guzmán was a Chilean Christian Democratic Party politician and lawyer. He served as minister of state under three presidents over a 36-year career. Exiled as a critic of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, he was targeted for assassination by Operation Condor.
Bernardo Leighton Guzmán (Nacimiento, 16 de agosto de 1909 [2] -Santiago, 26 de enero de 1995) fue un abogado y político demócrata cristiano chileno. [3] Fundador de la Falange Nacional (que luego se transformaría en el Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC), fungió como su presidente entre 1945 y 1946. [3]
Bernardo Leighton Guzmán, a Chilean politician, was born on August 16, 1909. He served as minister of the interior during the first half of Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei's presidency in the mid-1960s.
BERNARDO LEIGHTON, FT AL SE iET On October 6, 1975, Bernardo Leighton, supra, and his wife were shot by unidentified gunmen near their home in a Rome, Italy, street. (U) On November 4, 1975, the Associated Press (AP), Miami, Florida, received a letter postmarked Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, containing a typewritten communique in the Spanish ...
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Sep 24, 2022 · A year later, DINA forces tried to assassinate Bernardo Leighton, a former Christian Democrat Vice President and founder of Chile’s Christian Democratic Party, who promoted the idea of a Christian Democrat-Popular Unity (Socialist Party) alliance to restore democracy in Chile. 15
